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Bacteria use wrapping flagella to tunnel through microscopic passages
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@twistedbacteria.bsky.social"many bacteria spend their lives navigating spaces so small that even a human hair looks gigantic in comparison..."
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How a tiny bacterium turns itself into a “tunneling machine”
Some symbiotic bacteria can invade micron-scale host passages by wrapping their flagella around themselves and moving like a tunneling machine. Our study reveals how this clever motion enables them to...